Antero Resources Corp (NYSE: AR) is 2.31% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.53 and a high of $41.53 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AR stock was last observed hovering at around $34.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.17%.
Currently trading at $35.86, the stock is -4.21% and -4.79% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.09 million and changing 3.37% at the moment leaves the stock 12.43% off its SMA200. AR registered 35.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 40.85%.
The stock witnessed a -5.26% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.91%, and is -1.81% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.90% over the week and 4.25% over the month.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) has around 616 employees, a market worth around $11.16B and $4.32B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 198.67 and Fwd P/E is 10.03. Profit margin for the company is 1.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 46.19% and -13.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.54%).
with sales reaching $1.31B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 806.79% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 25.18% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 16.36% in year-over-year returns.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 311.17M, and float is at 288.03M with Short Float at 3.31%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 43.59 million shares valued at $1.42 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 14.0244% of the AR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 29.49 million shares valued at $962.16 million to account for 9.6696 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 25.63 million shares representing 8.4039% and valued at over $836.22 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.5043 of the shares totaling 16.79 million with a market value of $547.69 million.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Keenan W Howard JR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Keenan W Howard JR sold 700,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 19 ’25 at a price of $40.57 per share for a total of $28.4 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1.1 million shares.
Antero Resources Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 18 ’25 that Keenan W Howard JR (Director) sold a total of 200,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 18 ’25 and was made at $39.76 per share for $7.95 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.8 million shares of the AR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, Mutschler Jacqueline C (Director) disposed off 12,746 shares at an average price of $40.35 for $0.51 million. The insider now directly holds 60,362 shares of Antero Resources Corp (AR).
